The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-14 00:00:00

A Morning Paper of yesterday devotes a chapter of pompous common-place to the subject of duelling ; be ing moved thereto, as it should seem, by our statement that this much-to-be-lamented practice is an unfortunate necessity of civilisation. We wish once for all to state that we by no means set ourselves up as defenders of duelling. It is one of those subjects which does not well bear to be argued about, much of the truth of the matter being dependent upon sentiment rather than reason ing,- and a manifest advantage moreover lying on the side of the pompous and dogmatical, who make no scruple to advance upon a field where, from a sense of reverence, we cannot encounter them. But as our editorial chair is not a pulpit—as we have to do with society under its actual circumstances, and as we are not clothed with that authority which would make it either fair or becoming for us to treat of the occurrences of the day in a merely religious point of view, we have ventured, and we shall venture, to speak of such occurrences in that spirit which we believe to belong to men of honour, of character, and of eminence in the world. At the same time that we do this, we think that, in the pulpit, and in those publications which are exclusively devoted to the inculcation of religion, there ought to be but one couase taken with respect to the practice of personal rencontres—namely, that of serious warning and reproof. The solemn and somewhat pedantic article of our Contemporary, in reference to what we said on a former occasion, would have been very well as a lecture to be delivered from the usher's desk of a classical academy, to boys who had been fighting with more than ordinary ferocity ; but where it is, it is utterly useless. All but those who are already quite out of the danger of fighting a duel, will regard it as a mere schoolmaster's flourish. There is nothing in it (notwith standing its ponderous references to the histories of Greece and Rome, and all that sort of thing) which every person of ordinary education is not quite well aware of. But these things do not apply to the practical matters before us in the present state of society. The Greeks did not fight duels : no, nor in Greek society was a man's reputation under a cloud who bore an insult without requiring this kind of reparation. What, then, sig nifies the Greek practice to us ? But the Greeks were a refined and civilised people, and yet the Morning Post has said that duelling is an unfortunate necessity of civilisation. Very true, but the civilisation of the Greeks was by no means the same thing as the civilisation of the British. The classical schoolmaster, or the man who thinks it a very fine thing to write about the affairs of the world in the fashion of a classical schoolmaster, is btt too apt to f eget this difference. The contracted po sitiveness of mere pedantry is proverbial. Refinement has various modes, and our refinement is a very different thing indeed from that of the Greeks or the Romans. The re finement of our society is derived chiefly from the practice of chivalry, and hence the sentiment of society, prevailing to this day that personal honour must be vindicated by per sonal combat, or rather by that resemblance of it, to which duelling among gentlemen has now been brought, and which is rather a mutual incurring of personal danger, than of combat. Those newspaper writers who usurp the pro vince of the Clergy, and with a clumsy and overbearing manner of which the Clergy are incapable, would be much better employed in showing how the tyranny of headlong carelessness, or cool malignity, is to be kept in check without that practice which they so vehemently reprobate. Every one must be aware that the most cruel injuries may be inflicted for which the law affords no redress. Some people say that these are only injuries of the fancy—they are not substantial injuries. This is mere grossness. Bene fits and injuries are not the less real because they are not substantial, nor cognisable by law. 'What would a man not give for that fair fame which would not buy him a pennyworth of cabbage in the market-place, and which may be taken away from him by a single word, for the ut terance of which no tribunal on earth can give him redress against the utterer? Society recognises one mode by which he may relieve himself from the stain. This may be a very foolish and a very criminal mode, when tried by other standards than the opinion of society, but that is the standard which will govern men. We cannot get rid of that fact. If therefore public writers would really accom plish a practical good in this matter, it must be by causing society not to hold this mode of redress in any estimation, but to devise a better in its room. To rail at the practice, while society regards it as the last resort of a man of honour, is needless, ex cept it be under sanctions higher than society usually contemplates, and therefore appropriate to another kind of teaching than that of the newspapers. To confound the practice of duelling among men of honour, with the grati fication of a brutal desire for vengeance, is merely a vulgar mistake. It is almost disgusting to find persons who ought to know better railing in general terms against all duelling, because some drunken ruffians have gone out to pistol one another at twelve paces. There are no doubt practised duellists who would be assassins but for fear of the hang man, and whose courage even is not in the stoutness of their hearts, but in the dexterity of their hands. For the benefit of such persons we think it a good thing that every now and then a duellist should be very effectually hanged. We have no wish to see the laws against homicide altered, but we do wish that the prosy preachers of common law and school-boy classics, in the newspapers, would recollect when they have a delicate subject to deal with, and not be so dogmatical as is their wont.—alferning P,st. The public will recollect that when Lord Lyndhurst exercised 11;s sagacity, and Lord Brougham followed the instinct of his malice, in quest of the most plausible ground for assailing the Irish Government, the gro un d selected b y those Noble and Learned Lords was the con duct of that Government in the appointment of High Sheriffs. The Tories out of Parliament, who had long been used to hear accusations of all crimes, and breaches of the laws, divine and human, advanced against the Mar quis of Normanby's Administration, without ever enjo3ing the satisfaction of seeing one of these accusations esta blished, or so much as put into train of proof, manifested extreme joy, and crowed aloud from a thousand dunghills, when at length a Tory Lord took heart of grace, and moved for a Committee of Inquiry upon the subject we have just referred to, with a solemn pledge to the Con servatives of the kingdom that the result of that inquiry would cover the detested Government of Irelaud with infamy, and hurl it from office. So confidently did the mover for this Committee anticipate the disgraceful dis closures which were to be elicited in the course of its labours, that some who had not been as attentive observers of the proceedings of the Irish Executive as we have been, and therefore not so well acquainted with the true state and merits of the case, felt some alarm for a Government which possessed their best wishes, and expressed their apprehen sions that at last these Tory Lords had the Lord-Lieute nant upon the hip, and had found one joint of his armour pervious to their poisoned shafts. For ourselves, we laughed at. Lord Lyndhurst's Committee as we laughed at Mr. Colquhoun's or Lord Westmeath's speeches. We knew that the Tories had discovered only another mare's nest, and that the viper had but once more struck his fangs into the tempered steel. The Government was of course fearless, as they best knew the stamina of their case, and they agreed to the inquiry with as much alacrity as the op position Lords called for it. The Committee was ap pointed—it sat; and although it did not conclude its la bours, and has not yet published a Report, the evidence of some of the leading witnesses has found its way into the Press, and there is enough of information before the public to warrant us in asserting that the attacks of Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham have met the same fate with those of the Colqu bouns,Westmeaths, and Percevals, and the Irish Government stands as clear of the offences alleged against it in the mat ter of the Sheriffs as it does of the charge of persecuting Protestants, or corresponding with the Pope, or consulting with Beel ze b u b, or any of the thousand and one inventions of the Times and the Standard, which ought tohe E collected and published u n d er t h e t i t l e of " The Tory Nights' tainments." In the present article we shall call the reader's attention to the evidence of Sir Michael O'Loghlen, the Mas ter of the Rolls. This gentleman held the office of Attorney- General for Ireland in 1836, an d o f course no better autho rity upon any subject connected with the Administration of affairs in that year could have been referred to. We shall see the account which Sir Michael O'Loghlen gives of those monstrous departures from th e J udges ' lists for which the Tories have so often declared that the Mar quis of Normanby ought to forfeit his head upon Tower-hill. We shall take the eight counties in which the Sheriffs of 1837 were gentlemen whose names were not upon the judicial return ; we shall give the names returned in these eight cases, with Sir Michael's statement of the grounds upon which the G overnment proceeded in each instance. For Clare the names returned M r . were Edward Fitzgerald, Mr. Gore, and Mr. Michael Morony. Mr. Fitzgerald was attached to the British Embassy at Berlin ! Mr. Gore was recommended by the circumstance that there were executions against him for debt in the hands of the existing Sh er iff. And as to Mr. Michael Morony, it turned out that there was no such gentleman in the county ! ! For Kerry, the names were Mr. Anthony Stoughton, Mr. John Coltsman, and Mr. S. M. Hick son. The two former were upon the Continent ; the se cond in attendance upon a very near relative in dangerous illness. Every effort, however, was made to prevail upon these gentlemen t o serve. Th e G overnmen t did not think proper to appoint Mr. Hickson for the following reason, which would no doubt have been, under a Tory Govern ment, the best title to the office of Sheriff that any gentjan c uld produ ce . Si r M . O ' Loghlen Hickson was passed over for this reason—a Com mittee of the House of Commons sat in 1835 upon, I'think, the intimidation of voters, and they published a report in the latter end of 1835 ; and a letter from Mr. Hickson was produced and given in evidence, and printed in the report of the Committee, by which it appeared that Mr. Hick- son, during the contested election of 1835, gave the letter to a voter, who intended to vote one way, sending him off a distance of some forty or fifty miles, and directing the letter to a gentleman, telling him to employ him in any way he might think right, in surveying any land in the neighbour hood. The letter is printed in the Report of the Committee, and this appeared to me—l took upon myself the responsibi lity of it—to be an interference with the elective franchise that justified the Government in not putting him into the office of Sheriff." For the King's County the returns were, the Hon. L. Parsons, Garrett O'Moore, and Francis Berry. Sir Mi chael does not appear to have remembered the circum stance of Mr. Parsons' case. Lord Morpeth, however, states, that this gentleman was excused upon his own application ; his plea was, that he had no resi dence, or a square inch of property in the county. Mr O'Moore was the individual who some time before had been the leader of a most violent parti san attack upon the Government in the person of Mr. Gibson, the assistant-barrister for the county in question, who, upon this gentleman's motion, was shoved out of the chair at Quarter Sessions, in violation of every principle of propriety, and in utter contempt of the respect due to a judicial officer, and the administration of justice. Sir Michael O'Loghlen merely says tkat the Government considered that it would be "imprudent" to nominate Mr. O'Moore ; we shall go a step further, and say that had the Government appointed him it would have acted most un warrantably and most criminally towards the public. The third on the list, Mr. Berry, was excused as a person in trade, and his plea for exemption was supported by an appli cation from the Tory Earl of Charleville !! ! Of such ma terials are the charges against the Irish Government composed. The returns for Leitrim were Mr. Westby Perceval, an officer of an Orange lodge ! Mr. Tennyson, a sick man in Italy ! and Mr. Percy, whose case the Master of the Rolls states that he does not happen to be acquainted with ; we wager Lombard-street to a China orange, that Mr. Percy will be found in one of the follow ing categories—an absentee, a grand-master, or a non entity, like Mr. Morony of the county Kerry. For Louth the names were Sir A. Bellingham, who had served the year before, or the year but one before ; a Mr. Brabazon, who had his foot in a packet, about to sail for the Conti nent for the recovery of his children's health ; and Mr, J. S. Barry, another dignitary of an Orange association ! Monaghan—The returns were Mr. Shirley, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Plunket. Mr. Shirley may be said to have been in the predicament of Mr. Morony ; however, the Mr. Shirley meant was upon the Continent, with the intention of remain ing abroad for another year. The application of the Go vernment was answered by his father, who promised that he should serve in 1838, if called upon to do so. Mr. Plunket was a permanent resident abroad, in what re gion it does not appear, whether France, Italy, or Timbuctoo. Mr. Johnson was grand treasurer of all the Orange lodges of his county !! ! Now for the Queen's County. The names were Mr. E. Staples, Mr. Chidley Coote, and Mr. R. Moore. The Government did their best to get Mr. Moore to serve, but did not succeed. Who was Mr. Staples ? A committee-man of the Orange Society. Who was Mr. Chidley Coote ? Grand Master of the Queen's County ()ranee lodge ! ! Oh ! detestabl e Government of the Marquis of Normanby and Lord Mor peth ! Were law and justice ever so outraged ? Were right and wrong ever so audaciously confounded ? Let so much suffice for the present : we are entitled, we think, to assert that, as far at least as the transactions of 1836 are concerned, the charge against the Irish Go veanment of improper deviation from the judicial re turns in the choice of Sheriffs has fallen to the ground, and failed most egregiously and most completely. The departures, it is clear, were all either in • cases of absolute necessity, or in cases of such a nature that the appointment of the persons named by the Judges would have amounted to the grossest abuse of the powers of the Executive. The question is, why did the Judges nominate absentees, insolvents, Orangemen, and non-entities? Not why did the Marquis of Normanby refuse to sanction such nominations. We leave it to the Tories to vindicate the ermined chieftains of the party ; for our part, did we not know, as certainly as we know the fact of our existence, that the mountain snow is not purer than the character of the Irish bench, or the genius of honour itself more un tainted with a factious spirit, we should be constrained to believe that the nominations of the Irish Judges in the counties above enumerated had been made with no other view, and for no other purpose, but to place the Govern ment in the embarrassing dilemma of either incurring the odium of selecting improper persons for a most momentous post, or subjecting themselves to the attacks of their opponents for deviating_ from the ret urns t o secure com petent and worthy officers for the public.—Morning Chronicle. If it b.: a desirable thing for a man to have the execution of his own law, more especially when that law is one of blood, our present Liberal Home Secretary has had that sort of gratification lately. The law is his own, under which he executed Maslen, the convict recently executed at Devizes for shooting at and wounding Mr. Rumbold. In this case the prosecutor and the inhabitants of Devizes pe titioned for mercy to the criminal, hut the Home Secretary was inexorable. Doubts were expressed of the validity of the indictment ; but, as they were judicially overruled, we shall not further advert to them at present, though we shall have something to say on the subject at a future opportunity. If ever Secretasy of State signed the death-warrant of a criminal, Lord John Russell signed that of Maslen. " What extraordinary ignorance," says a Treasury scribe, " to assert that a Secretary of State ever signs a death -warrant, or that a death-warrant is ever signed at all !" Still, in spite of the minute criticism of the Treasury scribe, whose " mare's nest," we fear, has but an addled egg, we adhere to the expression which we have used—and we mean to give substantial proof of what we have stated before we have done. But, previously to that, it may be as well that we reprint here what we formerly said on the subject of the signing death warrants—a sub ject which we fully explained to the public some years ago, expressly for the purpose of clearing away a "popular error," that death-warrants are, at the present day, signed by the Sovereign. We confess it was somewhat to cur astonishment, though still more to our amusement than surprise, that a Government Journal, which had, probably, learned from ourselves the correction of that error, had the cool effrontery to ascribe to us the ignorance which we had taken pains to instruct, and the error which we had cor rected. It might have been politic enough on the part of the Whigs to attempt a diversion of the public mind from the merits of the question of capital punishments to r a cavilling controversy about mere forms ; but it was rather " too bad" to impute to the Morning Herald an ignorance of the precise mode in which the legal licence to commit homicide is communicated, under which the British hangman is authorised to strangle the subjects of the British crown. In noticing the other day the ridicu lous fiction of some scycophant of the Home Secretary, we referred to the remarks which we had made on the me morable case of Job Cox, against whom it may be remem bered a death-warrant was lodged at Newgate some years ago, subsequently to a decision by the King in Council to re mit the capital sentence ! The Government Journals, either being really ignorant of the facts of the case, or having instructions to mislead the public mind, and so prevent its being known that so awful a mistake had been com mitted, put forth false accounts of the matter, attributing the report of the intended execution of the man whom the Crown had reprieved, and whom Chief Justice Denman rescued when on the verge of eternity, to an " erroneous newspaper statement." We ascertained and published the real facts, showing that there was no newspaper error in the matter (except what the Government Journals them selves put forth to blind the public eye). Our statement that the then Recorder had actually lodged in Newgate a death -warrant for the execution of Cox subsequently to the mercy of the Crown being extended to him, caused an inquiry to take place in the House of Com mons, and in the Corporation of London, which led to the Recorder's resignation, and the consequent advantage from th e a d m i nistration of criminal justice has derived passionate or t nd h ae e tre a . p a p N o cvi i vneitembj have etg judge sincefo s s o abl e , so i n t e llig e nt, and so dis thloeoklieednb. that case, whi c h we had at ha n d eA w el back to et L ne awwe, our alluded r the em a p r r k e ts s o e e n i nt t ex plained in th e following words the other d a y from not memor h there r formal ld procedure that w e incapital cases which had been popularly confounded with the ancient practice of signing death -warrants by the Sove factured for th purpose of making Sove reign. Having quoted a paragraphf the Globe, mann r:emdieub.lic believe that the official Newgate announcement of t the p N u o b w l mindwe ask, o whothe wassubject the authoras follows o execu tion was a " newspaper error," we proceededeintended fwth:h—eieeTtroneous state doe received,ctal in soc a h s to enlighten p a y i n loyf anodocument newspapers , deemed usual, the Ce c rt o to b cases (the Newgate circular). It could hardly the wicked collusion of those vehicles of daily r nte y ll he through intelligence that a warrant purportin g to be that of the in Recorder, and order_ the prisoner's execution on equally d Governor of Newgate. It iss ay nett was lodg e d b y t h e difficult, p er h aps, to be lieve that it was through the contrivance that the Hi g h Sh er i ffs of London, of the newsp a p ers Messrs. Peek and Hum phery, were on Wednesday evening labouring unde r th e pain ful impression th at if some effectual expression of p u bli c opi nion, either in o r out o f Parliament, for a comparatively p etty theft, did against the sac r ifi ce o f lif e not have to perform the di sgust i ng duty of Pridi ta(e place, they would of blood. If, then, th e newspapers didnoetsforng at i the oblati on forge t se Recorder's warrant, we presume it is of some public im tain by what agency a doeuninet was fabrliecateflcae ascer where authentic documents of that d escr i pt i on are al z way d le a dg d e e d posited, to take away the Ye of a fellow -creature to - whom the Crown had already extended its clemency. " Let us only suppose that the contents of the spurious do cument had not been announced through the Pres s . N o coil: t adiction would have followed, because there would not have been any hnown error to contradict. The Sheriffs, unless the matter reached the ears of Government in some other way, would have come on Thursday morning to demand the body of the prisoner, whom the keeper of Newgate must have deli vered up, and the contradiction, which has now saved the man's life, would have followed his execution. What a con solation to his family and friends it would have been to find that he was hanged by mistake." We wrote the above on the 21st of June, 1833. The consequence of brushing away the Ministerial web of de ception, and letting the public know the truth of the Re corder's warrant having been actually lodged in Newgate for the execution of the reprieved convict, produced a sen sation in London not easily described. The Home Secre tary was interrogated in Parliament, and a Common Hall was convened in the city of London to address the Crown on the Recorder's conduct. The result we announced in another article on the subject, of June 26, which com menced thus : " The Recorder of London, by submitting to the sentence of PUBLIC OPINION, and resigning his judicial office, has made it unnecessary to address the THRONI on his conduct. Th e indignant fe e li ngs o f hi s f e ll ow - c i t i zens in relation to the case of Job Cox, were so unequivocally expressed in his own hearing at the Common Hall on Monday, that he could no longer en tertain any doubt that, in se a li ng the document which was to authorise the execution of the reprieved convict, he bad sealed the death-warrant of hie own official existence." In the same article we corrected the vulgar error in regard to death -warrants, which the Treasury Journal, with its accustomed veracity, has ascribed to ourselves, and explained the established practice at that time, in the pas sage which we subjoin. This was our explanation,. which will be found i n a S e l ec ti on of Articles on the Pun i shment ofDeath,from the Morning Herald, published by Hatchard, vol. ii., page 122. " The public in general are, perhaps, not aware of the sort of formal procedure w hi c h constit u tes the legal authority for the taking of hum an lif e a t th e Old Bailey. It is done in this way. The Rec or d er wa its o n the King in Council with the report of the convicts under sentence of death. It was the popular and erroneous notion that the King himself signed the death warrants of those criminals to whom mercy was refused. Not so. The Recorder takes, or is supposed to take, the order* of the King in Council with regard to the convicts whose sentences of death, previously pronounced at the Old Bailey, are commuted or confirmed. With regard to the latter class, he writes out his warrant in his own hand (no printed formula being used upon the occasion), and seals it with his own black seal. This instrument he does not despatch to the Sheriff, whose duty it is to see it carried into effect. He merely deposits it with the Governor of Newgate. The latter, on receiving the instrument of death, writes a note to each of the Sheriffs, who thereupon come to Newgate, and satisfy themselves of the authority on which they are to act, by the inspection of the warrant lodged there. Now all this appears to us a very circuitous and clumsy mode of carrying the law into effect, and ought to be reformed." Thus, then, it is seen that five years ago we corrected the popular error respecting the signature of death-war rants by the Sovereign, and described with grea t particu larity the actual formalities preceding executions, which took place previously to the passing of that vile Whig law which abridged the prerogative of the Sov ere i gn , an d de prived the City of L o ndon of a privilege, which, instead of being annihilated, ought to have been extended to a ll p ar ts of the kingdom, in order that no subject of the C row n might suffer death but by a direct authority from the Supreme Magistrate. It was rather comical, if anything comical can intermingle with matters of such tragic inte rest, that we should be accused of being ignorant of a prac tice which, so long ago, we showed to be a cl umsy one , liable to dangerous mistakes, and which we declared at the time " ought to be reformed." But it seems still more ob jectionable and dangerous to make the execution of the law depend upon a marginal note in the gaoler's calendar. But to return to the case of M as l en , or M as l yne—We have said that, " if ever Secretary o f St ate s i gne d t h e death-warrant of a criminal, Lord John Russell signed that of Maslen." Now for the proof of that assertion. Of course we do not mean that the Home Secretary literally took a pen in his hand, and, like Mr. Newman Knowlys, in the case of Job Cox, wrote out a warrant in his own hand, sealed it with a black seal, and upon his own authority, thus formally conveyed to the High Sheriff of Wiltshire, put the machinery of the " finisher of the law" into motion. No. The warrant for the execution of Maslen was Lord John Russell's own law—a law which he used his ministerial position to carry against the real sense of the House of Commons—against its real sense, we say, because its independent opinion was over land and neutralized by Government influence, when a ser vile crowd of Whig placemen and retainers were " whipped up" to oppose Mr. Ewart's motion for limiting the punish ment of death to cases of actual murder—a motion, the principle of which received the subsequent approval of two ex-Lord Chancellors, Lords Lyndhurst and Brougham, who in the Upper House expressed their regret that the reform of the criminal law had not been based on that prin ciple, instead of being complicated and encumbered by Lord John Russell's " nine bills," under one of which Maslen has been hanged. The law which was the warrant of the Home Secretary, as the representative of the Executive Government, for hanging Maslen, would not have been in existence if Lord John Russell, and 16 other Whig place men, had not defeated Mr. Ewart's motion to limit the pu nishment of death to cases ofactual murder. Notwithstand ing all the exertions of the Government, that motion was defeated by only a majority of one ! Subtracting the 17 Whig Ministers and placemen from the division, the motion, as far as the independent opinion of the House of Commons was concerned, was virtually carried by a ma jority of 16. Yet it was upon the authority of a law whose principle was thus repudiated by the independent opinion of the House of Commons, and subsequently by that of two ex-Chancellors in the House of Lords, that the Liberal Home Secretary took the life of Maslen. We say took his life, because his fate depended upon the Home Secretary's fiat, who refused to advise the Crown to accede to the prayer of the prosecutor and the inhabitants of De vizes for mercy to the culprit—and so the law, the Home Secretary's own law, th e l aw carr i e d b y Governmentinflu ence, the law of th e ma j or it y o f one, was l e f t " to take its Feurse." . Have we not p rove d w h at we se t ou t with assert ing? Del not the H ome S ecretary virtually sign the death-warrant of every man executed, or that ever will be executed, under any of his laws which affix the punish ment of death to any offence short of murder, when, as the leader of sev en t een p l acemen, he obtained a di sgrace f u l victory over enlightened legislation in the May of last year by a single unit ? Is it possible to speak of such conduct on the part of the Reform-professing Whigs, without in dignation and con t empt ? Wh en we oppose d th e Tories in power upon the question of the full and efficient reform of our criminal ju r i s p ru d ence , we h a d t o con tend against prejudices boldly maintained and honestly avowed. Towards such opponents we could feel respect, while we laboured to convince them of th e i r errors , or t o b eat th em out of their prejudices. But the trickery, the shuffling policy, the hypocritical conduct of the Whigs, excite our disgust. In the question of criminal law r e f orm th e y have exhibited their tortuous and treacherous policy in all its dishonest per fection.—illorning Herald. S UDDEN DEATH OF G ENERAL ADYE, C. 8., ROYAL ARTILLERY.—This distinguished officer had spent the best part of his life in the " tented field," and was at the principal battles and sieges during the late war. He was wounded severely at the ill-conducted and ill-fated ex pedition to Walcheren. Subsequently, on the plains of Waterloo, he added another wreath to his well-earned ho nours, and received the Cross of the Bath. Wednesday the General accepted an invitation from his friend and companion in arms (who shares equal honours), General Drummond, R. A., to meet a few brother soldiers at dinner. and he re turned about eleven to his house on Woolwich-common, near the Royal Military Academy, in perfect health ; but, about two o'clock in the morning of yesterday, Mrs. Adye discovered he was a corpse. It has caused a great gloom over the mili tary circles at Woolwich, from the suddenness of the event, and the garrison being deprived of an amiable friend and a gallant soldier. The men have lost a firm protector of their rights and privileges, although a strict dis ciplinarian, and the poor of the surrounding neighbour hood a real benefactor. Major-General Adye was chief fire roister of the royal laboratory in the arsenal, which has caused a vacancy to which many gallant officers of this scientific corps lay claim. It is in the gift of the Master-General of the Ordnance, Lieutenant-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. G. C. 8., G. C. H. The Senior and Junior United Service- Club Houses, Crockford's, and the other principal subscription houses, are undergoing a course of decorative repair, during the absence of the members in different parts of the country and the Continent. The projected new Club-house in Pall mall, adjoining the Carlton, for the Reform Club, is not ex pected to be completed for two years and a h a lf, f or which Period the Club have become tenants of the Count ess of Clare, at her Ladyship's spacious mansion at Whitehall, called Gwydyr House; the gardens of which are vis-a-via to those of Sir Robert Peel. Marschner, the celebrated composer of the Vamire, which has been e nt h us i astically re &Hca.n,ohvaesr,juesnttiptlreoddußceadcbaoun7 opera at th e King's The a tre, ccived. Dn. BowRING.—On Wednesday the people of Kilmarnock presented their late representative with their magnificent testimonial—a colossal silver cup. The learned Doctor was received in the forenoon by a procession of the in habitants on foot and in vehicles, which conducted him to the Cattle-market, where he addressed an immense concourse from all the country round. In the evening the Doctor was entertained in the large room of the George Inn, at a banquet, attended by upwards of GOO individuals. Each of these paid four shillings a head. The political sentiments expressed by the speakers were strong, not violent, and the sympathy of the audience with them seemed entire. The principal speakers were the D octor himself, Mr. Galloway, of tha C ommon Council of London, the Rev. Mr. lll‘Dougall Ehmed Bey, &c.— Caledonian Mercury. Miss Martineau was in town on Thursday last, when she visited several of the public works and other objects of curiosity. She is now ou a visit to the Lord Advocate at Strachur.--Scottish Guardian (Glasgow). SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1838. SURREY. SESSIONS---THURSDAY (Before Mr. HEDGER and a Bench of Magistrates.) The Court was occupied for several hears in trying an in dictment preferred against Ellen Mason, a young female, for concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. The prisoner lived as cook at the Red Lion, at Dorking, and formed an intimacy with a man at Leakhead, by whom she became enceinte. While in service at the Red Lion she concealed her situation, until she at length became so ill, that she left her place and went home. After her departure th• body of a male infant was found in the water-closet at the Red Lion, and as it was known that she had been there pre vious to leaving the house, it was suspected that she had given birth to it, and afterwards concealed the body there. Several witnesses were examined for the purpose of establishing this fact, and after a lengthened address by Mr. Chambers on behalf of tho accused, during which he dwelt with much force on the humane construction which the Judges of modern days put upon the Act, the Jury acquitted the prisoner. After the trial of some unimportant cases, the Session ter minated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. A paralytic old man, named Henry Flood, came yesterday to Mr. TRTFORD, and requested a note to admit him to the workhouse, ae he was in a state of complete destitution, and had not a farthing in his pocket to procure a crust of bread. He had been once in good circumstances, and was before 1830 organist in St. George's Chapel, Brussels; but the French revolution ruined him, and be has not since been able to get a situation. He has obtained a livelihood by teaching music, but having almost lost the power of his left hand he was scarcely able to do any thing now. Several years ago he was teaching music in the family of a military gentleman, and as he had then a little money left, the gallant officer, instead of paying him for his trouble, borrowed twenty 7 five pounds from him, and he has been endeavouring through Lord Howick to recover his money, but has not yet succeeded. His Lordship is now in the country, and he is unable to sup port himself until his Lordship's return, and requested the magistrate to got hisn admitted for a week into the workhouse. About ten days ago he came to Mr. Minshull, and, at his own desire, was sent for a week to the House of Correction ; but he could not go back there again, as ha was quite unable for the work. The surgeon took him into the infirmary after he had been a few days at work, and he was then pretty comfort able, for he was always sure of a bed and breakfast; but now he could obtain neither, and had sold his shirt, handkerchief, and waistcoat to get a cup of coffee. He had been in the street five nights in the week, and was quite exhausted. Mr. TWYFORD inquired where he slept the previous night ? The applicant had got a bed in a coffee-shop in Compton street. Mr. TWYFORD then said that as he had not slept in this dis trict he could not send him to the workhouse, but would re lieve him from the poor-box in th• meantime, and he could apply at Marlborough-street, the district in which he had slept, to-morrow. He then received 25., for which he thanked the magistrate, and left the office. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Mr. E. M. Foxall, district surveyor to the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, attended before Mr. CHAMBERS and Sir GEORGE FARRANT, to support an information against Mr. Carter, of Chapel -street, Grosvenor-square, for an alleged infringement of the Building Act. Mr. Foxall preferred his complaint on the 49th clause in the Act, which prohibited all projections, except in certain cases, under none of which the defendant's alteration came. Mr. Carter had altered the front of his house so as to bring the front upwards of four and a half feet beyond the line of the buildings in the street. It was true that the projection was not beyond certain old projections in the street, which were coeval with the houses themselves ; but this, he contended, had nothing to do with the question, as the Act forbade all new projections from the period when it came into operation. Mr. Carter admitted he had extended the front of his house as stated; but was justified under the Building Act in so do ing, as he had not gone beyond the general line of buildings in Chapel-street. Sir G. FARRANT remarked that the question was, whether the alteration was an infringement of the Act of Parliament? Mr. Foxall had no doubt of such being the case. The question as to what constituted the line of building was set at rest by the proceedings in the case of St. George's Hospital. The ablest counsel had been employed in the matter, but the hospital people were defeated. The BENCH must consider the infringement to have been proved, and their order for the abatement of the nuisance must, of course, follow. Mr. Carter felt so satisfied that he had not transgressed the provisions of the Act, that unless he saw at a future time reason for altering his opinion, he should appeal. Mr. Foxall said to adopt this course would be to throw away goad money. Mr. Foxall then gave his evidence, and the Magistrates gave their decision, as the preliminary steps in the case of appeal. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.-On Wednesday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, a highway robbery, at tended with circumstances of great violence, was committed on the person of Mr. William Dowe, a respectable young man in the employ of Mr. Purday, the music-seller, of No. 45, High Holborn. Mr. Dowe was on his way home, along the new street, leading from the Westminster-road to the road ia front of Bethlehem Hospital, when two tall, stout men, dressed iii short jackets, went up and inquired of him their way to Vauxhall, and while he was in the act of directing one, the other, who was behind him, struck him a violent Mow on the back of his head, with a bludgeon, which felled him to the ground, and while in that position the ruffians beat him in a most cruel manner over his legs and body with their sticks, until he became perfectly senseless, when they rifled his pockets of a purse containing a sove reign, and a half sovereign, with which they succeeded in escaping. After remaining some time on the ground, insensible, the poor man recovered his reason, got upon his feet, and continued to crawl to his home, No. 9, Little Moore -street, Lambeth, at the back of the hospital. lie was bleeding profusely on reaching home, and after being put to Led was attended by Mr. Hooper, who dressed the wounds on his legs, and applied the necessary remedies to allay the swelling and pain caused by the blow at the back of his head. Mr. Dowe is still confined to his bed, and was yesterday labouring und er co n s id era bl e f ever an d p a i n , occa sioned by the violence of the blows. A few moments previous to the attack being made upon him by the robbers, the police man on the beat passed him, and there is every reason to sus pect that the two fellows watched the constable away before they commenced the desperate outrage. Just after he had recovered his senses, he saw two policemen pass ; and, although he called to them, he was so exhausted that he could not make them hear. The street where the robbery was com mitted has not long been opened as a thoroughfare, and there are only two unfinished cottages in it. The street adjoins the large plot of ground fronting Bethlehem Hospital, and is not much frequented. The hat worn by the injured man is in dented inwards at least an inch by the force of the blow he received on the head. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Port man Arms, Quebec-street, Mary lebone, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Price, aged 63, a respectable married lady, who committed suicide by hanging herself. It appeared from the evidence that for a length of time past the lady, whose hus band is in independent circumstances, had laboured under an unhappy delusion, the impression on her mind being that she should be reduced to the situation of a pauper in Marylebone workhouse. On Sunday she was very low and deject xl on this account, and on Monday she was discovered suspended to the rail of a bedstead. She was immediately cut down, and a surgeon sent for, who endeavoured to restore animation by bleeding and other remedies, but ineffectually, as life was quite extinct. The Jury returned a verdict of—Temporary Mental Derangement. DREADFUL DEATII OP A CIIILD.--Yesterday afternoon, an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, Coroner or the City of London, in his Court, No. 62, Bartholomew close, upon the body of Mark Lockwood Hutchinson, a child, aged eight years, whose death was occasioned in the following manner :—lt appeared from the evidence of several wit nesses, that the deceased, who was the son of Mr. William Hutchinson, a tradesman, residing at No. 42, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street, was a very intelligent and promising child. On Tuesday evening, about five o'clock, he was returning home from school, and when in the act of crossing the road near the White Horse, Fetter-lane, the cart of a Mr. Everett came up, and before he could get out of the way he was knocked down by the horse, and the off wheel passed over his back. The witnesses, who all lived upon the spot, called out to the driver, who was proceeding at a very slow rate, in .ufficient time to prevent the accident ; but the driver, an el derly man, upon being examined, stated that he neither ob served the child crossing, nor heard persons call to him to stop. The unfortunate child was taken up and conveyed to St. Bartholemcw's Hospital, where he died within half an I hour of his admission. Mr. John Borror, the House Surgeon of the Hospital, deposed, that on a post mortem examination of the body, the liver was found to be ruptured ; that injury was quite enough to account for death. The father of the child, who appeared much affected by his loss, said that his wife, who was within a few days of her accouchement, was in a state bordering upon madness. Verdict--Accidental death. OnWednesday information was received by the police of a robbery of sacramental plate, committed at the house of the Rev. Mr. Owen, No. 13, Whitehead 's-grove, Chelsea. It appears that Mr. Owen (son of the late Rev. John Owen, rector of Fulham), who until lately was minister of Park place Episcopal Chapel, whence he was removed in con. sequence of allowing some demonstrations of " the unknown tongues" to take place in his chapel, and who is now " the angel" of an Irvingite chapel in College-street, Chelsea, is with his family from town. The house is left in the care of a female servant, who on Tuesday evening went out about seven o'clock, leaving the premises unprotected, and on her return, about an hour afterwards, she f o u n d an entrance had been effected by the thieves breaking a square of gl ass i n the front kitchen hadb e been window, forcedand a op b e o n, xiannwd a silver which the flagon,esaeram four silver plate cu w p a s s: kept four silver plates, and a French time-piece, valued at 501 i tolen therefrom. a im fire the broke e mise se d o o u f. out Mr.ia Upp O er n ßu \ s \ se Te ll d -s n t e re sc e l t a , Y lier e m ve o n nd il s l e g y, Barrington, rugmaker. It appeared to ha7 h p o a riginat in the worl:shops by a boy entering Imprudently lighted can d'e. g F o o t r tuunnaaetrelwy without o w u -a t s t e h a e r aid lvd o is f c e o n v g er in ed es ' , 4 ;,nd b"efor4enainlyw c e o r n e ,,i s d ( t ) seen got damage was done to the premises, which are insured in the Globe Fire-office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YESTERDAr. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. This being the last public betting day in town the subscribers mustered in greater force than usual, and business, considering the dulness which has so long prevailed, was tolerably interesting. lon obtained a marked advantage over Don John, but both were in re quest, several bets having been made in which they were, taken, first at small odds, and afterwards at evens, against the field. Al zira was in favour, and Pucelle, with a host of admirers, speedily rose from 15 to 11 to 1. Cobham and Lanercost had a few friends, and here we may stop, for no others were in demand. It was thought probable that something would transpire respecting Grey Momus ; such, however, was not the case. Cobham and Saintfoin are by this time at Doncaster, and lon was to start yesterday. Pucelle, Alzira, Scott's lot, and a few others are also in the neigh bourhood. About twelve or thirteen are expected to run. CLOSING PRICES :- 2 to I agst Colonel Peel's lon—take 5 to 2 4 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—taken to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—take 9 to 1 9 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost—take 10 to 1 10 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken and aft. offered 11 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—take 12 to 1 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin—take 25 to 1 20 to 1 agat Lord Westminster's Albemarle—offered 40 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's filly by Langar—offered 6 to 5, 11 to 10, and finally, even on the field, agst lan and Don John. 600 to 360 on lon apt Don John. LICHFIELD RACES.- TUESD Ar . The Staffordshire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and 5 only, &c., with 50 sovs. added. The second saves his stake. Two miles. 23 Subs., 13 of whom declared. Lord Eglinton's b. g. The Potentate, 6 yrs, Bst. 121b...Thompson 1 Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Gilbert Gurney, 3 yrs, 6st. 1 llb 2 Lord Stanley's ch. c. Ole Bull, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b 3 Won cleverly. The Members' Purse of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Two miles, 3 Subs. Mr. W. T. Copeland's b. h. King Cole, 5 yrs, 9st. Ilb. .Marlow 1 Mr. Foster's b. f. Prudence, 3 yrs, Ist Won easy. Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft., and 25 added, for horses of all ages. Mile heats. Mr. Marlow's ch. f. The Fairy, 4 yrs, Bst Marlow 1 1 Lord Lichfield's eh. c. H. 8., 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b Mr. T. Edge's b. f. The Howdy, 4 yrs, Bst 2 3 A good race. SANDRA CH RACES, TUESDAY. The Wide-Awake Stakes, ♦alue 501., with a Subscription of five Sovereigns each, and 20 sovereigns added from the Race-fund ; heats, three times round the course, over hurdles; the second horse to receive his stake from the winner ; gentlemen riders, in Wide-swake hats. Mr. Percival na. b. m. The Lady, 6 yrs, 12st. 71b Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, (h.b. ) aged, l2st. 71b 1 2 2 Mr. Robinson's ch. h. Smuggler, 6 yrs, 12st. Mr. Blake na. ch. m. Harriot, by Paul Potter, aged, l2st 0 0 0 Sir C. Shakerley's ch. h. Schneider Meister, 6 yrs, 12st dr The second heat by a head, the next by a nose The Pottery Stakes, value 501. with a subscription of three, toys. each, and 15 sovereigns added from the Race-fund ; three times round and a distance. Mr. Rowell's b. m. Theano, 6 yrs, 9st. Sib ...(Livesey) 1 Mr. Johnson's eh. f. Susanetta, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Mr. Jackson na ch. m. Margravine, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Mr. G. Reade na. b. g. St. Peter, aged, 9st. 111 b Mr. Jones's b. f. Kitty, by Fungus, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Mr. Blake's b. g. Russell, aged, 9st. 111 b. The Congleton Stakes, value 501. with a Subscription of two sovs. each, and 15 sovs. added from the Race-fund ; heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Bell's br. h. Swainby, by Waverley, 5 yrs, 9st. 111 b.... 1 1 Mr. Jackson na. b. f. by Emancipation, 3 yrs, 111 b. 2 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Arrow smith's ch. m. Margravine, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; Mr. Skerratt's ch. f. by Vanish, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; Mr. Johnson's ch. f. Su sane tt a , 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ; Mr. J. Pearson na. b. g. St. Peter, aged, 9st. 111 b. ; Mr. Barber's b. f. Zingazee, 4 yrs, Bst. 131 b. ; Mr. Bul lock na. b. g. Slashing Harry, 6 yrs, gst. 111 b. ; Mr. Blake's b. g. Russell, aged, 9st. 111 b. ; Mr. Corbett's bl. m. Wagtail, aged, 9st. 111 b. WEDNESDAY. The Somerford Park Stakes, value 501., with a subscription of 10 sous. each, 3 ft; three times round the course; the second horse to receive 5 sous. from the winner ; Gentlemen riders. 4 subs. Mr. Jackson na. b. m. Tutela, 6 yrs, 12st. .........Mr. Barker 1 Mr. Blake ma. ch. m. Harriot, aged, 12st A good race. The Betchton Stakes, value 501., with a subscription of 5 'qrs. each, and a Cup. value 20 sous., added, the gift of J. G. D. Jackson, Esq., over hurdles; three times round and a distance; Gentlemen riders, in ladies' bonnets. 6 subs. Mr. Hodgson's b. m. The Lady, 6 yrs, 12st. 51b. Mr. Tempest 1 Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue (h. b.), aged, 1 Ist. 121 b.... 2 Mr. W. R. Court's b. g. General, aged, 11 st. 121 b 6t04 on True Blue. The Lady made severe running, clearing every hurdle, six in number, in grand style. The Sandbach Town Plate, value 501., with a subscription of 3 soya each, and 20 sous. added from the Race-fund; heats, twice round and a distance ; the second horse to receive 2 mom from the stakes. 9 subs. Mr. Rowell's b. m. Theano, 5 yrs, 10st. Ilb. ...Linsey 2 1 1 Mr. Jones's b. f. Kitty, by Fungus, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b.... 1 2 2 Mr. Blake's b. g. Russell, aged, 9st. 111 b Mr. Corbett's bl. m. Wagtail, aged, 9st. 111 b.... 4 Th• Ladies' Purse, value 501., with a subscription of 2 sovs. cash, and 10 sovs. adde,l from the Race-fund, for beaten horses. Heats, twice round and a distance. Miss Jackson na. St. Peter, aged (h. b.), Bst._lolb.. Livesey 0 0 1 1 Mr. Johnson's ch. f. Susanetta, 3 yrs, Bst. 31b ...... 1 3 0 dr Mr. Skerratt's cb. f. Margrayine, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b... 0 1 2 dr Mr. T. Heade na. b. f. by Emancipation, 3 yrs, 7st. I Ilb 2 3 dr Mr. Hand's b. g. Slashing Harry, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b... 0 0 3 dr ABINGDON RACES.-WEDNESDA r. The Produce Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three-years old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. Untried stallions or mares allowed 31bs. One mile. Mr. 'Wroford's b. c, by Defence, out of Liverpool's dam, walked over. The Cup, by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, for horses, &c., of all ages; three-yrs old, 6st. 91b. ; four-yrs, Bst. ; five-yrs, Bst. 91b. ; six yrs, 9st. ; and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed SILL, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 500, &c. Winners of 100 sovs., 71bs. extra. Heats about two miles and a half. (10 Subs. ) Lord G. Bentinck's Chapeau d'Espagne, 4 yrs John Day 1 Mr. F. Craven's I-wish-you-may-get-it, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Coleman's Calmuck, 5 yrs A fine race. The Holine Parke Stakes, of 10 soya. each, 5 ft., and 20 added. The winner co be sold for 100, &c. (10 Subs.) The Abingdon Course heats. Mr. F. Craven's Doncaster, 4yrs, Bst Trevor 1 1 Mr. J. Day's Zethus, aged, Bst. 121 b. Mr. Oberon, aged, Bst. 121 b. Mr. Griffiths na. Captain Rock, 4yrs, Bst. A good race. The Old Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 10 soy. each, h. ft., with a Purse added, for horses that have been hunted with any pack of bounds, the second to save his st a k e ; 3 yrs o ld, 9 s t. 21b ; 4 y rs , lOst. .51b ; 5 yrs, I Ist ; 6 yrs, I Ist. 51b; and aged, l Ist. 71b ; thoroughbred horses, 101 b. extra ; and a winner of 100 or up wards, 71b. extra. The winner to be sold for 200.50v5., &c. Heats, tw. miles.-7 Subs. Mr. Foster's Nike, aged Mr. Matthevrs's Vancijkc, aged Won easy. The Culham Stakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., for bona fide hunters, 12st each ; winners, 71b. extra ; and those belonging to persons re siding within the limits of Lord Aloreton's or Mr. Morland's Hunts, allowed 51b. Once round and a distance.-9 Subs. ..Mr. W. Sadler 1 1 2 dr Mr. J. bay's Zethus, aged Lord Folkestone na. XX, aged i'good race. LEICESTER RACES.—WIiDNRSDAr. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Barrow's b. in. Catharina, aged, lOst ... 1 General Grosvenor's ch. c. Daedalus, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Lord Chesterfield's hr. c. Darnley, 4 yrs, 9st. llb 3 Mr. V. King's ch. c. Ratcatcher, aged, lOst Won by half a head. The Belvoir Stakes of 5 sot's. each, with 20 added by his Grace the Duke of Rutland, for hunters. Heats, twice round. 6 subs• Capt. Fendall's gr. g. Grayling, 6 yrs, 12st Mr. Spriggs's ch. g. Harlequin, 6 yrs, 12 st 4 2 Mr. Carter's b. f. Anne Grey, 4 yrs, lOst. 121 b 2 3 Mr. J. G. Briggs na. b. m. Sylph, aged, 12st. Mr. Berrington's b. g. Jim Crow's Brother, 6 yrs, 12st fell Won cleverly. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added, Heats, twice round. 4 subs. -- Mr. V. King's b. f. Surprise, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. 3 2 0 1 1 Col. Anson's br. f. by Tramp, 4 yrs, Bst. 11b 4 1 0 2 2 Mr. Carter's b. f. Crousa, 4 yrs, Sit. 11b. Mr. Payne's b. f. Elf, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b . . An excelled race—the third a dead heat. ASHFORD RACES.—Wenicesn'Ar. The Town Plate, of 50 sots. Heats, two miles and a 'Wane°. - _ The winner to be sold for 150 sous., &c . - - - - --- Mr. Borham's b. g. Pumpkin, aged, ost. :71b. ......Horrisby 1 1 Mr. Shelley's ch. f. Gold, by Priam, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. ...... 2 2 Mr. J. Bond's b. f. by Reveller, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b... .. 3 bit Won easy. . , The Ript,on Stakea, of 3 soya. each, and 40 added from the Fund. Heats, two milelEand a distance. The winner to be sold for 100, &c. 5 subs; Mr. Cassidy's b. 1. Maid of Hertford, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Hornsby Mr. E. Bond's b. f. Maid of the Mill, 3 yrs, ist. 81b. Mr. Dockeray's b. c. Guardsman, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b 5 3 Mr. Sherrard's ch. g. Edward, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b. Mr. Firth's ch. c. Pantille, 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b 4 dr Won cleverly. Winner claimed. Handicap Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. 5 subs. Mr. Shelley's ch. c. Gold, 3 yrs, 7st. 121 b. F. Butler 1 Mr. Bond's b. f. by Reveller, 3 yrs, ist. 51b. Mr. Hobbs's gr. fr Swan, 4 yrs, f3st Captain Sanbridge's b. m. Jane, 6 yrs, Bst. 21b. Won cleverly. YARMOUTH RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sov. each, with 20 added by the Com mittee. Heats, two miles and a dis. Mr. Wodehouse named b. g. Daniel, 6 yrs, 9st. 111 b 1 1 Mr. Palmer's b. g. Bravo, 5 yrs, 9st. 21b. 1 2 Lord Suffield's Despair, 3 yrs, 7st. Mr. S. Williams's Mort, 6 yrs, 9st. Won easy. Match for 50 sovs.—Mr. Sandiford's Dwarf, aged, beat Mr. Jolly's Lent. Plate of 50 sous., given by the Members for the Town. Heats u above. __ Mr. Jolly's b. m. Miss Rint, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b.... 1 Mr. S. Williams's Mozart, 6 yrs, Bst. 121 b. Mr. Stanton's Unknown, 5 yrs, Bst. 51b. Mr. G. Edwards's b. f. Chevreuil, 3 yrs, 6g. 41b 4 dr The Vauxhall Coronation Cup Stakes, with 30 sous. added by the Proprietor of the Gardens. Heats, two miles and a dis., with three leaps over hurdles in each heat. Gentlemen riders, l2st. each. Mr. Laud's Cock Robin, aged Captain Greenaway's Law-Suit Mr. H. Stracey's Protempore Mr. Wilshere's Reformer (late Creeper) A well-contested race. THE D 01V CASTER CUP. One cannot well imagine a handsomer thing than the cup for this year. The old cups might be varied in their forth or device, but still they were only cups, and could not: by possi bility give scope for so much exercise of fancy or taste as a piece of plate where both might be brought into play . - In the cup which we have just seen the se qualities are 'visible. to the commonest observer. Under the boughs of a g enu i ne English oak tree, there is what are also peculiarly English-- some magnificent specimens of thorough-bred stock. A horse , and two brood-mares with their foals, arelbeautifully grouper t and so correctly delineated, as to convince any body, at first sight, that the artist has not drawn upon his imagination for his horses. The upper part of the tree is contrived in such manner that it may form either a bowl or a candelabrum , , as occasion may require—and with the good old sort of racing men both occasions will now and then occur. This exceedingly pretty piece of plate stands on a pedestal bearing the names of the stewards of the races for the present year ; and the entire group—an affair of some 450 guano value--does great credit to the taste and skill! of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer, to wh om th e execu ti on o f it was very judi ciously entrusted. RAILWAY REPORT. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) MY DEAR have carefully perused the admirable Report of the Railroad Commissioners ; the able and justifi able observations of Mr. Hamilton upon it ; the unfair attacks on Mr. Griffith and others ; and, above all, several letters from respected friends, expressing fear that the Report 'IT, damp the spirit of enterprise as to Railroads in Ireland. ''; truth, or a fair investigation of too flattering projects, to likely to produce that effect, the sooner it does so the better; Little mischief is, as yet, done in this country, and gr ea t good must result from a calm and impartial investigation 0 . 1 the subject. Some two or three years ago, at the request of my friend the Knight of Kerry, I attended the Lords' Committee em western intercourse, and I did so in the conviction of the be nefit that would result to the United Kingdom, and to Ireland in particular. I heard several naval men of high character declare that steam voyages to America were impracticable --• almost all the seniors were of that opinion ; yet fact b, l ' s disproved theory—the v oy age t o an d f ro h as been mad e with perfect success. It does not, however, follow that a se ts : port 100 or 200 leagues seaward where coal can be procured,',, s not most desirable—that port exem pt f rom th e d angers as well as the delay of channel navigation—that desirable port is to be found in Ireland alone. The cost of a railroad to it would be in a great measure repaid by the Post-office and passenger re venue which Havre will probably take from any channel port of Great Britain—this is the only case in which I would point out to our rulers the example of Continental G ove rnments; they should make that main trunk ; it is due to Ireland; 4 would greatly serve the empire, and the desirable intercour se of civilised nations. In this conviction, and for this reason alone, I joined th e , deputation of persons of all parties who waited on the Chia; Secretary in 1836—for this reason, as well as others, b u e amongst which favour to a rival was not one, I opposed in t project of the Kilkenny railroad. It is now for the firs t time that a letter of Mr. Mahoney's induces a suspicion tk a _ whilst the majority of the deputation conceived themsel v es acting for Ireland and the public alone, others mat have been influenced by more s e lfish moti ves . Of that I was perfectly ignorant—indeed, at the time of the deputation rather at war with the chief persons of the Kingstown road, whom I thought dilatory in perfecting their engageme b with me ; but my anger did not blind me to their great vrer` their information, or their enterprise, no more than tnY,I, spect for Mr. Barrington co u ld i n d uce me to o ppose the kenny project. The object of those with whom I had i f honour to act on that occasion was to obt a in information i.o ourselves, for the public, and for Government. We /1 "" totally unconnected with any Company. Having, as I said, carefully re a d th e R e p or t of the C° ad, missioners, I am of opinion that a great national radr ee . o should be made from Dublin to Berehaven ; the exPe e ' o . would, I think, be amply repaid by post-office and pass e , e g o .. traffic, as well as by the toll to be paid by all private LA ti c ponies taking advantage of it by branches to the differ° towns right and left of its line. If any jealousy or bad feeling should prevent the exee e l i° ,- 11 of this great line as a p u bli c wor k , i t m i g h t t h en b e u° es taken as a joint concern by a ll t h ose i ntereste d i n bra from it. Suppose we say Cork Railroad Company. b r a sa )^ l. 300,0001., main trunk 100,0001. Li mer i c k, b ranc h 250, 0 vv b : main trunk 75,000/. Cashel, Clonmel, Waterford, kle ri t g ar e Kilkenny, Maryborough, each their own branch and a s" of main trunk, to which also capitalists might subscribe lye speculation, but all officers should be appointed by some P e ths t board—.works, post-office, or other—it being understoo d d a the Act of Parliament should pass free of expense, ° op , large loan be granted at the lowest interest ; but my o f opinion is that it should be a public work—the advantage%d Berehaven, in a national point of view, for naval, military, 1 " post-office purposes, justify that opinion. shall take On the subject of Northern and Western lines, I . re br the liberty to trouble you on a future occasion. I en ti h jo agree with Mr. Hamilton as to the Drogheda line, thoug 00 general inland lines arc to be preferred. What lam 113 is anxious for is this, that the Railroad Report, and all subjee_f connected with it, should be fully considered by the friends a Ireland, and of increased intercourse between Europe ate America, and that a public meeting should be held on P t subject in October, or prior to the meeting of Parliamen: Meantime the Government should put into everybody's hand s ' at the cheapest rate, this important work. Notwithstanding the disinterested and gratuitous labour of the Commissione r* it has cost the public a great deal, and yet few of the publ ic have seen it; its carriage from London cost me ten shilling s ' whilst the servants of English Peers either sell or destroy I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your faithful servant, Lyons, 6th September. CLONCURRY- We BRIS'T'OL SUGAR MAR KET , S EPT . r hive had a alolerate demand for British Plantation since our last, at previous prices, and there has been m ore ; Lit quiry to-day than for some time past but ;as the market is ea indifferently suppli e d, no great amount of b us i ness has 0 4 done. We quote low brown, 50s. to Ms., low to P io middling, 525. to 555., good 575. to 60a , and fine, 619 ;h0 645., with much firmness on the part of the importers, been Kill not sell but a t f u ll pr i ces. S ome tr i fl i ng sa l es have rho made of Molasses from the ship's side at 265. per cwt. to te Rum Mark e t i s st ill so b are o f samples that we can not q t . t he any sales. Nothi ng d o i ng i n Gi nger, Pimento, or anY ° minor articles of Colonial Produce.—Bristol Gazette. THE VICEROY OF EGYPT AND H l3 LA 9l ;:he Mehemet Ali, severa l years ago, w i th that indifferen ce bad prejudices and habits of his country that characterise hiell'fbra some intercourse with a slave of his wife, the mother ° f ot o' him Pacha. Thi s t h e o ld l a d y resente d i n a very decide done nor ; Mehem e t Ali, not submitting as he ought to hav e a nd to the decision o f th e C a d un , she abandoned his bons e :,, of since then has resid e d by h erse lf i n t h e cast l e. The see' Ali family scandal was, however, too great for Meheme t All Pacha not t o f ee l it s e ff ects , and desire a reconciliation. for his attempts were, h ow ev er , i ne ff ectua l ; i n h er c ontemp t h im the man who had put this affront upon her who had bor e to to " not only sons but hero es ," s h e p ers i ste d i n re f u sing, eble re' notice his attempts, to whi c h s h e gave b ut one invers i the n ply, " I don't know wh o M e h emet Ali P ac h a S. he AV mean time, however, he lost his son Toussoun Poch& ; 0 400 , so affected by his loss, th a t h e f e ll i nto fi ts o f rav i ng a nd de , and which occasioned seri ous appre h ens i ons f or his I. ` e, which left him for some time, in a state of insenSibilitP„illoo this occasion his wif nt to ' him, and never quitted hie r 0 11 while there was dan g erg; she then retired again to he t ioni establishment. This led to a fresh attempt at reconel o tel her answer was, that, though Mehemet Ali Pacha neg ke bad his duties, she could not, therefore, neglect hers ; sif ..to ce done her duty, he was now well again, required no asst o in from her, and therefore she ceased to recollect that he,", ob existence. It was on this occasion that Ibraham Pacha served the etiquette which led me to mention the eircuT o oli, while he, the conqueror of Syria, and the victor of ' o f the humbly sued, from an aged woman, for the pardon . ogt or Viceroy of Egypt, and had his suit rejected. It is el o fee' to observe the extraordinary resemblance of the rmerof tures of female existence, and of the minutest details, at 00 bits, at the remotest period of Eastern history, ana ue 7 00 present day ; and yet, strange to say, the Europeans, i" ne on', familiar with the East, seem all to have been equallY n eon' (.# scious of the feelings of Easterns respecting_ women, Spirit their conduct and mantle : ft; towards them.—Urquaar of the Z rat. 13WATCH°O. ' , ATENT LEVER 6 0 With silver deubl e -b o tt om cases . ...................... 16 With silver hunti ng cases ........... . ............... . . ....... _ w hich II This celebrated construction (the most acc urate et' 0 0 0 ' watch can be made) i s offered, with the latest irnprov co d, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four *l e ! e l° hand to mark the seco n d s , h ar d ename l di a l , and ina intaini°. to continue going while winding up, at the above price, 1 1 T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, Lon d °° ' (Seven doors from Gracechurch-street.) hug e. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in eze ----- BIRTHS. oal del ' On the Ilth inst., a t Canterbury, the lady of Lieut enant 45th Regiment, of a daughter. r of $ e., On the 12th inst., Mrs. S. S. Teulon, of Stainford.stre son. r ae, Pi' I tOn the 7th inst., at Gravesend, the lady of A. M. I%l'— r of a son. ------------ MARRIED. e D oy so On the 12th in s t, a t Ch r i stc h urc h , Surrey Arnbr° 00IY ,1813 r Esq., of Newington-place, Kennington, to Mary A nn ' A Th us ter of P. J. Heisch, Esq., of Stamford street. A s , On the 10th inst., at Horsted, Sussex, the Re/. J ° " 6 e" e Ar e peterr Wright, Rector of Mersham, Surr to Josephin e daughter of the Rev. Edward Law, British ' Chaplain at h s W i r burgh. On Tuesday, the 14th ult., at Much Wenlock, ul r a Ih il a- nv e rr son, Esq., of Warwick-road, Upper Clapton, and Low e of , rf i to street, only son of the late Charles Platt Wilkinson, E SC I"f the Homerton, Middlesex, to Anne, youngest daug hter of William Brooks, Esq., o f M uc h Wenlock, Shrops hire ' ec oli ll°- 0 01 On the 12th i ns t . , at Cl apham, Ph ili pp Augustus, s rabur gh of the late Joh n D aup h in D e Chapeaurouge , Esq. , ef g h : Paris, to J ane , t hi r d d aughter of John Wandsworth- road _---_ le' DIED. I Albet ~... On the 6th ult., at Zante, Stephen Dawson , 0' ... o f 1 u•a' Es q., 'Ft Youngest son of the late William Drio°l" am-green, Esq. ed 61 * On the 11th inst, at Brompton, Mr. Henry 0010 , ag b &be° Esq., aBgthedin7sot.y,eaart years. residence, Herne-hill, Stare)", juda f t he :,1 vvid oo ° ilte.... n sa t;e ue 6 l th_ Re in id s , L E , a sq t . Brinton, Norfolk, Mrs. rte.' , ' London: Printed and Published by kIUb.DO Y O , )0 6114 112 . Strand , it 714 Nun 011 ea, No. 11% df Middlesex.—Friday, September 14, OS&